MEDIA DIGITAL ART AND CULTURE IN FLANDERS BELGIUM - BAM

B O R I S D E B A C K E R E
E boris.debackere@
sintlukas.be
W transmedians.be
W v2.nl
Boris Debackere is interested in joining forms of
expression. He takes a particular interest in the
applicability of electronic sounds and images. His
most recent work focuses on the translation and
transformation of the concept of cinema into live
cinema and audiovisual installations, exploring for example the relationship
between the viewer and the screen in reactive installations such as vortices
(2006) and Probe (2008). In 2008, Debackere initiated the research project
The Cinematic Experience (2007), which resulted in a series of lectures and
a publication edited in collaboration with Arie Altena. He collaborated with
a number of artists, producing the sound design for Run Motherfucker Run
(2004) and Beijing Accelerator (2006), two installation works by Marnix de Nijs,
the feature film The Last Conversation (2009) by Noud Heerkens and the video
pieces a.m./p.m. (2004), Proof of life (2005), Capsular (2006), Futur Antérieur
(2007), Alltogether (2008) and Black Box (2009) by Herman Asselberghs. He
is currently working at the Transmedia department of Sint-Lukas Brussels
University College of Art and Design (see also section on Training, Education
and Research) and is a lab manager at V2_ institute for the unstable media.
He collaborated with Brecht Debackere for the Live Cinema performance rotor
(2005), and for Vector (2010).
Vortices (2006)
Installation: Boris Debackere
Image programming: Brecht Debackere.
Produced with the support of the Flanders
Audiovisual Fund
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Probe (2008)
Installation: Boris Debackere, Software design:
Sebastian Gregor, Sensor application: V2_
Institute for the Unstable Media. An Auguste
Orts Production and is produced with the
support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund